Edward Brooke

Edward W. Brooke, left, shakes hands with President George W. Bush at the ceremony for the 2004 Official White House Photo

(19192015). American lawyer and politician Edward Brooke was the first African American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served two terms (196779). In October 2009, Brooke received the highest honor that Congress can bestow when he was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.

Edward William Brooke III was born October 26, 1919, in Washington, D.C. He was raised by his parents Helen Seldon and

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